ILOILO CITY — The inflation rate in Western Visayas jumped to 4.3 percent last May. A STALL sells fresh fish at the Iloilo Fish Port in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said the inflation rate jumped 0.2 percent from 4.1 percent in April. Nida...
Factory output posted a positive annual growth in April due to strong production of food and refined petroleum products, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Friday, June 7. In its Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the PSA said the country's volume of...
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the value of the country's mineral reserves increased last year. From January to December 2023, the combined value of Class A gold, copper, nickel, and chromite reserves rose two percent to P474 billion from the previous year's P464.51...
The number of jobless Filipinos slightly increased to 2.04 million in April, according to the report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Based on the survey of 44,980 households, the unemployment rate stood at 4.0 percent from 3.9 percent or two million jobless individuals in March....
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) estimated that the decrease in rice tariffs from 35 percent to 15 percent could potentially reduce rice prices by P6 to P7 per kilo. In a briefing on Wednesday, June 5, PSA Undersecretary Claire Dennis S. Mapa said that these estimates were made taking into...
Inflation, or the rate of increase in consumer prices, picked up at a quicker pace in May as electricity and liquefied petroleum gas costs rise, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported Wednesday, June 5. May headline inflation inched up to 3.9 percent from 3.8 percent in the previous month,...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, June 4 pushed for the bill that would strengthen the system of filing of birth certificates in the country, noting how delayed registration of such documents have been abused. Estrada said passage into law of Senate Bill No. 2703...
Aspiring stars in the region will share the stage in the 2024 Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Friendship Games set in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan from Dec. 1 to 5. (From left) PSA president Nelson Beltran, PSC chairman Richard...
Top Philippine sports officials will grace the special session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday, June 4, at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. Philippine Sports Commission (SPC) Chairman Richard Bachmann and Commissioner Walter Torres are going to discuss several...
President Marcos has reappointed Claire Dennis S. Mapa as the national statistician and civil registrar general of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). On Saturday, June 1, National Economic and Development Authority Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan administered the oath of office to Mapa,...
Senators on Wednesday, May 22 urged the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) to crack down a possible syndicate operating inside the agency and are giving PSA-certified copies of birth certificates to foreign nationals in order to obtain authentic Philippine passport. Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice...
Every hour, approximately 13 Filipinos lose their lives to heart-related diseases, making it the leading cause of death in the country, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The PSA's 2023 Causes of Death in the Philippines report revealed that ischaemic heart diseases were...
